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Cardiff City vs Reading: 2025/26 Match Preview

It feels weird not having a midweek game to focus on, but here we are. Last time out the Royals shared the points with the Grecians – goals from Jack Marriott and Jayden Wareham cancelling each other out. It was a very poor game yet again from the Royals and things are starting to look […]

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Stability And Patience: Why Reading Should Stick With Noel Hunt

Making your writing debut for TTE knowing that 86% of Reading fans are going to disagree with what you’re about to write helps focus the mind. That somewhat incredible stat, from a recent TTE poll, reflects the number of people who feel the time to replace Noel Hunt has now arrived. That’s the same all-round […]

The Wild Lower West: Reading’s Matchday Bingo

I was going to save myself a lot of time this week by using much of the text from last week’s column and just replacing the name of the opposition in question, because unfortunately it was rinse and repeat as far as the performance at Exeter City was concerned. My matchday bingo card was as […]

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The Cases For And Against Noel Hunt

“Football’s all about opinions” is a term you’ll hear, especially when listening to BBC Radio Berkshire. Fans on Twitter – including in polls by some Reading fan groups (The Tilehurst End, RFC Latest) – say (overwhelmingly) it’s time Noel Hunt was sacked. But apparently only “a tiny little minority” think so, says the ‘voice of […]

Nine Reasons For Reading Fans To Be Cheerful

We’ve been told quite often recently that we’re a miserable old, negative bunch at The Tilehurst End. However, this couldn’t be further from the truth. TTE Towers is a regular hotspot of positivity – we have rainbows, fluffy white bunny rabbits hopping around and unicorns that fart glitter. Sim even regularly wears a spinning bow […]